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    Quote Originally Posted by Bunny View Post
    I'm not entirely sure knowing two languages could be considered the mark of a prodigy. The ease in which you learned French is great and all but it really isn't a difficult language to pick up on. Granted, I'm not the best at languages but when I think "prodigy" I think of something a bit more.

    I speak English, mainly, because that is all I really need to get by in the world. I can converse in Spanish, German, and French while understanding basic Japanese and Russian phrases. I also know a bit of Hawaiian dialect beyond the standard tourist lingo.
    I'm not saying it's the result on being a prodigy, it's all I've applied myself too and as a result all I learned. If I wanted to learn more, I would, but I only have access to learning French now and right now it's all I care to learn.



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    English is my mother tongue. My parents are anglophones.

    Le français est ma deuxième langue. Depuis j'étais dans l'école primaire, j'appris comment parler en français. La côté de ma grandmama paternelle est québécois/acadien. Officiellement, je suis bilingue.

    I rarely in French, so my grammar is a bit off. I have really good comprehension though.

    日本語は第三の言語を勉強した。でも、ちょっと下手と思う。

    I hope that sentence made sense. I need to practice my Japanese more and speak more French.


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    My native tongue is English, which is the only language I can speak fluently. I can speak some Japanese and a little bit of Spanish, and I can say hello in quite a few languages.

    I'd like to learn every language, but there's not enough time in my life for that. If I had to pick only a few, I would like to learn Japanese (which I already know some), Korean because I think it's a very pretty language, maybe Mandarin or Cantonese.

    Also Latin would be cool!

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    English and conversational Spanish. I kinda wish I was more fluent in Spanish, but oh well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Laddy View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Bunny View Post
    I'm not entirely sure knowing two languages could be considered the mark of a prodigy. The ease in which you learned French is great and all but it really isn't a difficult language to pick up on. Granted, I'm not the best at languages but when I think "prodigy" I think of something a bit more.

    I speak English, mainly, because that is all I really need to get by in the world. I can converse in Spanish, German, and French while understanding basic Japanese and Russian phrases. I also know a bit of Hawaiian dialect beyond the standard tourist lingo.
    I'm not saying it's the result on being a prodigy, it's all I've applied myself too and as a result all I learned. If I wanted to learn more, I would, but I only have access to learning French now and right now it's all I care to learn.
    so how do you know that you're a prodigy then ;|

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    C'est pas difficile d'apprendre le français. Si on étude le vocabulaire un peu, les examens sont très simples. Parler français, d'autre part...

    I'm thinking about taking another french class in college if I find time for it. Could be fun!

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    Fluent in English and Spanish. Currently learning Italian.

    After that, I want to go for Japanese, German, and Arabic. I'd study French, but I'd never be able to pronounce it. -_^

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    I speak English, Spanglish, and a moderate amount of American Sign Language, which I'd like to get better at. Being fluent is Spanish would be convenient, seeing as it's about as common as English where I live, but I'm too lazy to learn it and can't roll an 'r' to save my life anyway.

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    Dutch, English, German and a little french. I'm doing a three year course in Japanese too.

    I'm pretty much avarage for a dutch guy. I know people who speak 6 languages.


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    English, conversational German and enough Welsh to confuse tourists.
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    I keep a tenuous grasp on the English language and very little else! I think it a shame so few Americans are bilingual; both my parents speak two languages and the one I know I learned at a school!

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    Quote Originally Posted by scrumpleberry View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Laddy View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Bunny View Post
    I'm not entirely sure knowing two languages could be considered the mark of a prodigy. The ease in which you learned French is great and all but it really isn't a difficult language to pick up on. Granted, I'm not the best at languages but when I think "prodigy" I think of something a bit more.

    I speak English, mainly, because that is all I really need to get by in the world. I can converse in Spanish, German, and French while understanding basic Japanese and Russian phrases. I also know a bit of Hawaiian dialect beyond the standard tourist lingo.
    I'm not saying it's the result on being a prodigy, it's all I've applied myself too and as a result all I learned. If I wanted to learn more, I would, but I only have access to learning French now and right now it's all I care to learn.
    so how do you know that you're a prodigy then ;|
    I was literate at age two, and crafted my first poem at age four. I presented a written six paragraph speech at seven to my class, much to the chargin of myself. I'm better at learning and using words than the actual tense and conjugation aspect(s).

    For example, I could write a killer speech in English off the top of my head and and learn French words practically instantly, but how to use those words correctly in the sentence is nothing special.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Laddy View Post
    I'm better at learning and using words than the actual tense and conjugation aspect(s) (of what).

    For example, I could write a killer speech in English off the top of my head and and learn French words practically instantly, but how to use using those words correctly in the a sentence is nothing special.
    this is totally nit-picky but i just couldn't resist
    hugs

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    I'm exemplary with English and can get by in Estonian. Otherwise all I know how to do is shout loudly in some sort of pig-German.

    DAS IST NEIN UNT CHEESBURGEREN, DAS IST UNT REGULARENBURGEREN!

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